Item 3 - Letter from E. J. Trelawny to Richard Monckton Milnes

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Usk, Monmouthshire. - Glad Milnes likes his book [Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron]. No mistake about Byron's 'unfortunate feet': he bathed in trousers and used only his arms when fencing or boxing; subsequent dispute as to which leg was lame; Trelawny knew both were affected but only learned cause after Byron's death; malformation of the feet affected Byron's health and caused the morbid sensitivity in his temper and verse.